Hide-stretcher.



E. L. FITZGERALD.

HIDE STRETCHER.

APPLICATION TILED JULY 16, 1912.

1,064,632, Patented June 10, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ennrrrr L. F1Tz GERALD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county ofDorchester and State of Maryland, have invented new and usefulImprovements in I-Iide-St-retchers, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to hides, skins and the like and has for an objectto provide a stretching frame therefor.

The invention resides, more particularly, in a device preferably formedof a single piece of material such as a spring-like wire bent to form astretching body, a securing member for securing the hide upon thestretching body in stretching position and a supporting member forsupporting the stretching frame on a suitable nail or hook.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of ref erence denote corresponding parts, andin which:

The figure is a perspective view of the device.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, use is made of a singlepiece of wirelike material 10 bent in a V-shaped form to form astretching body 11, the said piece of material being then bent laterallyand then bent inwardly and looped to form a Se curing member 12 ofsubstantially a V- shape, after which the free end of the said piece ofmaterial is looped to form an eye 13.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 16, 1912.

Patented June 10,1913.

Serial No. 709,802.

In the use of the device the hide is thrown over the stretching framefrom the front or apex end thereof toward the se- 40 curing member andit will thus be readily seen that in view of the spring-like action ofthe wire-like material, the sides of the stretching frame tending toexpand will suitably stretch the hide, the tail or rear portion of thehide being then secured by passing the same between the portion ofmaterial forming the securing member 12, which, being also of aspring-like nature, will grip the tail or rear portion of the hide andretain and secure the same upon the stretching body 11. The eye 13 isprovided for the purpose of supporting the hide stretcher either with orwithout the hide on a suitable nail or hook.

Having thus described my invention, 1. claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a hide stretcher comprising a singlepiece of springlike material bent in a V-shape to form a stretchingbody, the said piece of material being then bent to form a securingmember having a V-shape and the free end of the said piece of materialbeing then looped to form an eye.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EURITH L. FITZGERALD.

lVitnesses:

HORACE R. DINSMORE, BERNARD L. MAGUIRE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

